Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-1135) Sec. 5-1135. Borrowing from financial institutions. The county board of a county may borrow money for any corporate purpose from any bank or other financial institution provided such money shall be repaid within 2 years from the time the money is borrowed. The …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1136) Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period of time. This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants or funds awarded to th…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1182) Sec. 5-1182. Charitable organizations; solicitation. (a) No county may prohibit a charitable organization, as defined in Section 2 of the Charitable Games Act, from soliciting for charitable purposes, including solicitations taking place on public roadways from…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1183) Sec. 5-1183. Household goods recycling bins. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county may by ordinance require that all household goods recycling bins have a permanent, written, printed label affixed to the bin that is prominently displayed an…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1184) Sec. 5-1184. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed by P.A. 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1185) Sec. 5-1185. Dissolution of townships in McHenry County. If a township in McHenry County dissolves as provided in Article 24 of the Township Code, McHenry County shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations of each dissolved township as provided in Article …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1186) Sec. 5-1186. Kane County criminal courts complex drug treatment center. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) A private drug addiction treatment center may operate on the property transferred to Kane County in Public Act 86-729. (2) Kane County may le…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1187) Sec. 5-1187. COVID-19 business relief; waiver of business fees, costs, and licensing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county board or board of county commissioners may, by resolution, waive or provide credit for any application or permit costs, fe…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1188) Sec. 5-1188. Sangamon County rescue squad. The Sangamon County Board may form, manage, fund, and operate a volunteer rescue squad to provide assistance within Sangamon County to any public entity providing law enforcement, firefighting, emergency disaster respo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1189) Sec. 5-1189. Shelby County rescue squad. The Shelby County Board may form, manage, fund, and operate a volunteer rescue squad to provide assistance within Shelby County to any public entity providing law enforcement, firefighting, emergency disaster response, o…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1190) Sec. 5-1190. Access to and use of county infrastructure for broadband. A county may lease, license, or otherwise grant access to and use of infrastructure, including fiber optic cables, that the county owns or controls to public or private entities to facilitat…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1191) Sec. 5-1191. Transportation to problem-solving courts. (a) As used in this Section, "problem-solving court" means a court program regulated under the Drug Court Treatment Act, the Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act, the Mental Health Court Treatment Act, or the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1192) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-97) Sec. 5-1192. County use of utility pole for county public safety. (a) As used in this Section: "Communications space" has the meaning given to that term in the National Electric Safety Code as published by the Institute of Ele…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12001) Sec. 5-12001. Authority to regulate and restrict location and use of structures. For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare, conserving the values of property throughout the county, l…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12001.1) Sec. 5-12001.1. Authority to regulate certain specified facilities of a telecommunications carrier and to regulate, pursuant to subsections (a) through (g), AM broadcast towers and facilities. (a) Notwithstanding any other Section in this Division, the count…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12001.2) Sec. 5-12001.2. Regulation of telecommunications facilities; Lake County pilot project. In addition to any other requirements under this Division concerning the regulation of telecommunications facilities and except as provided by the Small Wireless Faciliti…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12001.3) Sec. 5-12001.3. Waiver of building, inspection, and construction fees. (a) As used in this Section, "disaster" includes, but is not limited to, an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any nat…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12002) Sec. 5-12002. Inoperable motor vehicles. The county board may by ordinance declare all inoperable motor vehicles, whether on public or private property, to be a nuisance and authorize fines to be levied for the failure of any person…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12002.1) Sec. 5-12002.1. Hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles. (a) The General Assembly hereby finds that the proliferation of hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that addressing the problems…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12003) Sec. 5-12003. Special flood hazard areas. In those areas within the territory of a county with a population in excess of 500,000 and fewer than 3 million inhabitants, and outside any city, village or incorporated town, which are ide…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12004) Sec. 5-12004. Abandonment of vehicles prohibited. (a) The abandonment of a vehicle or any part thereof on any county highway in any county with 500,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000, is unlawful and a petty offense p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12005) Sec. 5-12005. Abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicles. In any county with 500,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000, when an abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicle comes into the temporary possession or custo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12006) Sec. 5-12006. Vehicle removal. (a) In any county with 500,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000, when a vehicle is abandoned or left unattended on a highway other than a toll highway, interstate highway, or expressway, o…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12007) Sec. 5-12007. Zoning commission; proposed ordinance. The county board in counties which desire to exercise the powers conferred by this Division shall provide for a zoning commission of not less than 3 nor more than 9 members whose …

(55 ILCS 5/5-12008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12008) Sec. 5-12008. Enforcement of ordinances or resolutions. All ordinances or resolutions passed under the terms of this Division shall be enforced by such officer of the county as may be designated by ordinance or resolution. The ordin…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12009) Sec. 5-12009. Variation by board of appeals. The regulations by this Division authorized may provide that a board of appeals may determine and vary their application in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12009.5) Sec. 5-12009.5. Special uses. (a) The county board may, by an ordinance passed under this Division, provide for the classification of special uses. Those uses may include, but are not limited to, public and quasi-public uses affecting the public interest; us…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12010) Sec. 5-12010. Board of Appeals. The presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board shall appoint a board of appeals consisting of 5 members and may appoint 2 alternate members, the 5 members to…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12011) Sec. 5-12011. Hearing and decision of board of appeals. The board of appeals shall also hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official charged with the en…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12012) Sec. 5-12012. Hearing of appeal; review under Administrative Review Law. The board of appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and decide the same within a reasonab…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12012.1) Sec. 5-12012.1. Actions subject to de novo review; due process. (a) Any decision by the county board of any county, home rule or non-home rule, in regard to any petition or application for a special use, variance, rezoning, or other amendment to a zoning ord…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12013) Sec. 5-12013. Compensation of the board of appeals. Members of the board of appeals shall receive compensation in an amount to be established by each county board. The compensation shall be paid out of the county treasury. (Source: …

(55 ILCS 5/5-12014) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12014) Sec. 5-12014. Amendment of regulations and districts. (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "text amendment" means an amendment to the text of a zoning ordinance, which affects the whole county, and the term "map amendment" mea…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12015) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12015) Sec. 5-12015. Hearing officer; duties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided for in this Division: (A) The county board of each county may by resolution or ordinance establish the position of hearing officer and delegate…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12016) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12016) Sec. 5-12016. Cooperation with other counties and municipal corporations. In the exercise of powers conferred by this Division the county board of any county shall have authority to cooperate with other counties, with cities, villag…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12017) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12017) Sec. 5-12017. Violations. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Division or of any ordina…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12018) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12018) Sec. 5-12018. Testimony at hearings. All testimony by witnesses in any hearing provided for in this Division shall be given under oath. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-12019) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12019) Sec. 5-12019. Appearance and presentation of evidence by school district. In any hearing before a zoning commission or board of appeals, any school district within which the property in issue, or any part thereof, is located shall h…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12020) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-458) Sec. 5-12020. Commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. (a) As used in this Section: "Commercial solar energy facility" means a "commercial solar energy system" as defined in Se…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12021) Sec. 5-12021. Special provisions relating to public schools. (a) In exercising the powers under this Division with respect to public school districts, a county shall act in a reasonable manner that neither regulates educational activities, such as school curri…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12022) Sec. 5-12022. Building permit fee for veterans with a disability. (a) A veteran with a disability or the veteran's caregiver shall not be charged any building permit fee for improvements to the residence of the veteran with a disability if the improvements are…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12023) Sec. 5-12023. Battery-charged fences. (a) As used in this Section, "battery-charged fence" means a fence energized by a battery that is not more than 12 volts of direct current that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the fence to cause th…

(55 ILCS 5/5-12024) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-12024. Energy storage systems. (a) As used in this Section: "Energy storage system" means a facility with an aggregate energy capacity that is greater than 1,000 kilowatts a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-13001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-13001) Sec. 5-13001. Establishment of building or set-back lines. In addition to the existing power and to the end that adequate safety may be secured and the congestion of public roads, streets, traffic-ways, drives and parkways may be le…

(55 ILCS 5/5-13002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-13002) Sec. 5-13002. Enforcing officer. All resolutions passed under the terms of this Division shall be enforced by such officer of the county as may be designated by resolution. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-13003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-13003) Sec. 5-13003. Amendments to regulations. The regulations imposed under the authority of this Division may be amended from time to time by resolution after the resolution establishing the same has gone into effect, but no such amendm…

(55 ILCS 5/5-13004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-13004) Sec. 5-13004. Proceedings to restrain violation. In case any building or structure is erected or constructed in violation of this Division, or any resolution or other regulation made under the authority conferred thereby, the proper…

(55 ILCS 5/5-14001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14001) Sec. 5-14001. Regional plan. Whenever in the judgment of the county board of any county, a portion or all of said county as a region, should have a plan made for the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a co-ordinated, adjus…

(55 ILCS 5/5-14002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14002) Sec. 5-14002. Expenses of commission. The county board is hereby authorized to appropriate to the planning commission from any funds under its control and not otherwise appropriated, such sum as the county board may deem proper for …

(55 ILCS 5/5-14003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14003) Sec. 5-14003. Joint regional planning commission. If such region is situated in or embraces more than one county, the county boards of said counties are hereby empowered to cooperate in defining the boundaries of said region, and in…